(3 June 2016) The Russians are ever more lovers of ‘Italianness’, especially at the table. It is in Russia, in fact, that the demand for ‘Made in Italy’ wine has grown more than in any other developing country in the last decade. In light of this, the Grandi Marchi Wine Institute has decided to strengthen its promotion in the country. “The Russian market has always been a strategic one for the wide range of Italian wines and will return to be so in the future, when the geopolitical crisis and the Ruble slackens. We are convinced that now more than ever it is necessary to continue oversee a €181 million and well structured market in terms of food service and wine shop, with an audience of wine lovers and professionals savvy in Italian wines ” according to the president of the Grandi Marchi Wine Institute, Piero Mastroberardino. On the eve of the promotional tour he will bring the 19 representative cellars of Made in Italy Wine to Moscow (June 7) and in St. Petersburg (June 8). foreground will be the pairing of wine and haute cuisine at Moscow’s Metropol. The Art Nouveau style hotel in the heart of the city built before the Russian Revolution will be hosing the exclusive dinner by Chef Isaac Correa, of American origins, now one of the most famous chef/restaurateurs in the Russian capital and pioneer of fusion cuisine. “This year’s first quarter (Data source: Italian wine exports through Russian Customs, 2015 – the first quarter of 2016) – continues Mastroberardino – finally recorded the first turnaround, after a -30% in 2015 for the Italian wine exports to Russia. In fact, from January to March, Italy exported €29, +6.5% three times the total wine imports in this country. ” (Red)
